Design Your Own Paper Lamp
Complex Folding Techniques: Multiple V Folds
A course by Kate Colin , Paper-Folding Artist
About the video: Complex Folding Techniques: Multiple V Folds
Overview
“In this lesson, we will practise using a scoring tool technique to create multiple V folds, also known as a herringbone or chevron pattern. We’re going to practise working in a heavier paper with which we will create V folds using a scoring tool. For our final project (the lotus lamp), we will be folding on a larger scale, using division and V folds. ”
In this video lesson Kate Colin addresses the topic: Complex Folding Techniques: Multiple V Folds, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Your Own Paper Lamp. Create a unique origami-inspired lampshade by learning various paper-folding techniques and crease patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“Complex Folding Techniques: Multiple V Folds In this lesson, we'll practise using the scoring tool to create V folds. We're also going to be working in a heavier weight of paper. We already know about V folds. We practise making them in the last lesson. Hopefully you're familiar with what they are and how they work. Until now, we've created V folds using just paper and our hands. Now we're working with a heavier weight of paper and working on a slightly larger scale, we'll create them using a slightly different technique, namely scoring and using pencil guidelines. In this lesson, we're goi...”
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Course summary for: Design Your Own Paper Lamp
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Lighting Design, Paper Craft
Kate Colin
A course by Kate Colin
Kate Colin is a paper-folding artist and lighting designer based in Glasgow. Her earliest memory of creating paper art was at the age of eight, when her mathematician father would make polyhedra models out of paper. Since then, she’s been creating handmade paper designs, with her first exhibition being The Lighthouse, Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture in Glasgow. After being awarded the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Kate had the opportunity to be mentored by the leading paper-folding artists in Switzerland and Italy as a QEST Scholar.
Her work has also been exhibited in London Design Fair and Manchester Craft & Design Center. She has received numerous awards from different organizations like The Heritage Craft Association, Visual Artist & Craft Maker Award (Creative Scotland), and Crafts Council Hothouse Programme. Her work has been featured in publications such as Stylist, Elle Decoration, Loader Monteith Architects, and FT Weekend. In addition to hosting workshops from her studios, she also takes private commissions from clients like V&A Dundee, Anncoc Whisket, and Charlotte’s Place, among others.
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